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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people across Tripura, on the Jayanti of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted people across Tripura, on the Jayanti of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur.
"Glad to know that people across Tripura marked the Jayanti of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur with immense enthusiasm.
Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur’s rich contribution towards the development of Tripura can never be forgotten", the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari chairs review meeting of Regional Officers of MoRTH, NHAI & NHIDCL
It's all about embracing innovation to supercharge our economy, reduce logistics costs, foster job creation, and elevate public mobility services to new heights: Shri Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari chaired a review meeting of Regional Officers of MoRTH, NHAI & NHIDCL today in New Delhi. Minister of State Gen V K Singh was also present on the occasion.
Secretary Shri Anurag Jain, NHAI Chairman Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav, NHIDCL MD Shri Mahmood Ahmed, besides senior officials and ROs of MoRTH, NHAI & NHIDCL from across the country are attending the meeting.
Shri Gadkari discussed at length the potential of 'Build-Operate-Transfer'  models, which can maximize financial productivity and enable the department to take on more projects. The Minister emphasized the importance of regular quality monitoring and expediting the execution of ongoing projects.
Addressing the gathering Shri Gadkari said it's all about embracing innovation to supercharge our economy, reduce logistics costs, foster job creation, and elevate public mobility services to new heights.
Shri Gadkari said in our pursuit of a 'Self-Reliant India' and the goal of a $5 trillion economy, one crucial aspect shines through - the need to cut down on logistics costs. To achieve this, building excellent express highways has become a top priority, he added.
The Union Minister emphasised cooperation, coordination and communication among all stakeholders. He said Performance audit alongwith Financial audit is very essential for best results.
In the day long session several issues like road safety, Project Pipeline across different modes , Development of roads in Hilly regions, Quality of roads including development of sustainable roads, Road Operation & Maintenance will be discussed.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Companies and Russian Oems Sign 7 Mous for Defence Hardware during Defexpo 2018
The third India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was held on the side-lines of DefExpo 2018 at Thiruvidanthai, Kancheepuram district on the East Coast Road near Chennai, today. The Indian delegation was led by Secretary  Dr Ajay Kumar while Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation Mr Oleg Ryazantcev led the Russian side. The Russian delegation comprised senior representatives of the Government and representatives of the leading Defence Industries. Around 75 Indian defence sector manufacturing companies and 28 Original Equipment Manufacturers  from Russian industry participated in the conference.
Deliberations during the conference were aimed to focus on needs for improvement of after-sales support of Russian origin defence platforms being exploited by Indian defence forces and also to facilitate domestic manufacturing of some of the identified spare parts through collaborations between Indian vendors and Russian OEMs.
Towards the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, seven Memoranda of Understanding were signed between the Indian Private Defence sector manufacturing companies and Russian OEMs for manufacture/ development of spares/ sub-assemblies/ assemblies of identified Russian origin platforms in use by the Indian Armed Forces in collaboration with the Russian OEMs.
In order to improve after sales support of Russian Origin Defence Equipment in use with the Indian Armed Forces and to promote indigenous manufacturing of certain identified components/ spares by Indian companies in collaboration with Russian OEMs, two rounds of India. Russia Military Industrial Conferences were held in past, first one in March 2017 in New Delhi and second one in August 2017 in Moscow.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 178.48 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 15.19 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than 178.48 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 15.19 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Science & Technology
New tool can map nanomechanical properties of materials like multi-phase alloys, composites & multi-layered coatings
Scientists fromInternational Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials  an autonomous institute under the Department of Science &Technology,Govt. of India in collaboration with Nanomechanics Inc., Oak Ridge, USA havejointly developed an advanced tool for mapping nano-mechanical properties of materials like multi-phase alloys, composites, and multi-layered coatings.
The tool called NanoBlitz 3D has also been found to yield excellent results on a wide range of material systems, includingglass-fibre-reinforced polymer composites, dual-phase steels, softwood and shale. An important aspect of this technique is its high-throughput, with just a few hours of testing required for generating more than 10,000 data points that can be processed using machine learning  algorithms.
It enables the performance of a large array, typically consisting of 1000s high-speed nano-indentation tests, wherein each indentation tests takes less than one second to measure hardness and elastic modulus of a givenmaterial.In addition, it provides capabilities to carry out advanced data analysis, such as identifying and quantifying the mechanical properties of constituent phases, features or componentsof multi-phase alloys, composites, multi-layered coatings and so on.
The high-speed mapping capabilities of the tool can also be used to quickly establish structure-property linkages at a micrometer length scale or higher, which can help to understand multiscale mechanics and aid in development of hierarchical materials. This, in turn, expedites the development of high-performance novel materials under an Integrated Computational Material Engineering  approach.
 
Figure:  SEM micrograph and  hardness map of NiCoCrAlY region of a thermal barrier coating subjected to 5 thermal cycles at 1100oC.  The mechanical phase map obtained after algorithmically identifying the different phases
The product was released in San Antonio, USA by Dr. G. Padmanabham, Director, ARCI, on the sidelines of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2019 Annual Meeting and Exhibition.As data science is considered as the new avenue for accelerating materials design and discovery, this technique with high-fidelity and high-throughput can greatly contribute to this new paradigm.
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts released a special cover on the 50th Diksha Jayanti of Jain Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Maharaj
Jahanzeb Akhtar, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax Department, Amritsar graced the occasion as chief guest
A special cover was released by the Department of Posts on the occasion of 50th Deeksha Jayanti of Jain Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Maharaj Ji at GPO, Amritsar on Friday. Smt Jahanzeb Akhtar, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax Department, Amritsar graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, who was welcomed by Deepak Sharma, Senior Superintendent, Post Office, Amritsar Circle. On this occasion, PC Meena, Superintendent, Post Office, Amritsar and SS Lahiri, Senior Postmaster, GPO, Amritsar, Varun Agarwal, General Secretary of Philately Club, Manish Soni of Digambar Jain Samaj Amritsar, Dr. Neeraj Jain, Dinesh Jain, Subhash Jain, Vimal Jain and employees of the postal department also participated along with the members of Digambar & Shwetambar community were present.
While addressing from the podium, Jahanzeb Akhtar, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax Department, Amritsar said that Jain Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Maharaj ji's life was full of penance and sacrifice. In addition to this, Deepak Sharma, Senior Superintendent, Post Office, Amritsar Circle expressed gratitude to all the people.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr Harsh Vardhan reviews fire safety measures at AIIMS
Directs AIIMS to conduct a special fire audit
Hospital area not been affected; no loss or damage to life: Dr Harsh Vardhan
“I reviewed the situation after the fire at AIIMS yesterday. The hospital area has not been affected by the fire and there has been no loss or damage to life.” This was stated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare after visiting the hospital and taking stock of the situation on site at AIIMS along with Director, AIIMS, New Delhi and senior faculty members today in the morning. Dr Harsh Vardhan also directed the AIIMS for conducting a comprehensive special fire audit at the Institute.
The Union Health Minister personally monitored the efforts on-site towards extinguishing the fire and patient care at AIIMS. Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that as a precautionary measure administration had shifted the patients from AB wing of the hospital to other areas of the hospital. “These patients have now been shifted back to their respective wards in the AB wing. The hospital along with the emergency department and emergency laboratories are fully functional now,” Dr Harsh Vardhan elaborated.
Being a premier specialist tertiary care Institution, Dr Harsh Vardhan said that AIIMS has a regular and well functioning fire prevention system. There are fire personnel deployed round the clock with fire fighting safety systems being regularly tested including clearance of fire exits and corridors. As a measure of abundant caution, awareness of fire fighting systems among staff is conducted regularly, he added.
AIIMS administration has initiated an internal enquiry to look into the cause of the fire and further strengthen preventive measures. The fire which is suspected to have started from the microbiology laboratory area has affected some laboratories and office areas.
Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi today held a meeting with Heads of the Departments and administrative staff to review the hospital patient care services. It was decided that outpatient  and emergency services will continue to run normally. Operation theatres  will be functional and the scheduled surgeries will be performed. A Committee has been set up to restore full functionality of services affected in PC teaching block. Additional staff has also been deployed for guiding the patients. He also reviewed the existing fire safety arrangements at AIIMS and discussed steps to further strengthen them.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of Corporate restructuring of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings Limited
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of Corporate restructuring of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings  Limited  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002.
The Proposed Combination involves corporate restructuring of JVCO, including through acquisition by Haleon via demerger and the share exchange steps involving the shareholders of JVCO. Immediately following completion of the demerger and share exchange steps, the shareholding of Haleon will be held by a combination of GSK, GSK’s affiliates and GSK’s shareholders  and  Pfizer .
GSK, registered in the UK, is a pharmaceuticals company active worldwide in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. In the consumer healthcare segment, it is active in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of products which are typically available without prescription , for various indications.
Pfizer is a research-based biopharmaceutical company and is engaged globally in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative medicines.
Haleon is a new incorporated entity that presently does not have any business activities.
JVCO was established in 2019, combining the respective legacy consumer healthcare business worldwide, including India, of GSK and Pfizer. JVCO  is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of consumer healthcare products.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan meets Australian Minister for Skill and Training, calls for strengthening India-Australia ties which are at historic high.
Discussions held on expanding scope of co-operation in education and skills in areas like agriculture, metals and mining, new and renewable energy.
7th meeting of Australia India Education and Skills Council to be held in Gandhinagar in September this year
Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan met his Australian counterpart Brendan O'Connor in New Delhi today. The two ministers discussed ongoing collaborations between the two countries in the areas of education and skill development, and how these relations can be expanded and deepened further.
Appreciating the way Australia has managed its natural resources like minerals, and built the capacity of its people, Shri Pradhan said that the two countries should explore ways to replicate such processes in India and train the youth for the emerging job roles . He pointed to areas like agricultural technology, mining, water management, renewable energy and emerging technology like AI and robotics which could be explored extensively. The minister emphasized that this is the best moment for India-Australia engagement which is already at a historic high. Recalling the signing of the agreement on Mutual Recognition of Qualification between the two countries earlier this year, he called for implementation of the same so that two way mobility of students and skilled persons between the two countries could be facilitated.
Shri Pradhan has also invited Minister O’ Conner for the 7th meeting of Australia-India Education and Skills Council in Gandhinagar in September this year.This meeting will provide an opportunity to give further impetus to collaboration in education and skill development between the two countries.
Minister O'Connor also spoke about deepening the collaboration between the two countries. He said the restoration of student mobility is a priority for his country and they are working to make their visa process more efficient.
Under PM Shri Narendra Modi's leadership, India and Australia have witnessed strengthening of ties in recent years. Mutual Recognition of Educational and Skill Qualifications, Deakin University coming to India and ongoing expanding co-operation in skill development have happened recently.
President's Secretariat
Envoys of four nations present credentials to President of India
Envoys of Uganda, Myanmar, Colombia and Poland presented their credentials to the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
The envoys who presented their credentials were: -
- Her Excellency Ms Dinah Grace Akello, High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda
- His Excellency Mr Moe Kyaw Aung, Ambassador of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Her Excellency Mrs Clemencia Forero-Ucros, Ambassador of Colombia
- His Excellency Mr Adam Burakowski, Ambassador of Republic of Poland
Ministry of Home Affairs
Lok Sabha passes The Protection of Human Rights  Bill, 2019
Parliament should come together to support Government’s step to make NHRC more Inclusive and Efficient: Shri Nityanand Rai
Parliament should come together to support Government’s step to make NHRC more inclusive and efficient, said Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, while moving the Protection of Human Rights  Bill, 2019 for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha today.
The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 was enacted to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission , the State Human Rights Commission  and the Human Rights Courts for protection of human rights.
The NHRC has proposed certain amendments to the Act to address the concerns raised at certain global platforms. Besides this, certain State Governments have also proposed for amendment of the Act, as they have been facing difficulties in finding suitable candidates to the post of Chairperson of the respective State Commissions owing to the existing eligibility criteria to the said post.
In view of the above, it has become necessary to amend certain provisions of the said Act. The proposed amendments will enable both the Commission as well as the State Commissions to be more compliant with the Paris Principles concerning its autonomy, independence, pluralism and wide-ranging functions in order to effectively protect and promote human rights.
The Protection of Human Rights  Bill, 2019, inter alia, provides
- that a person who has been a Judge of the Supreme Court is also made eligible to be appointed as Chairperson of the Commission in addition to the person who has been the Chief Justice of India;
- to increase the Members of the Commission from two to three of which, one shall be a woman;
- to include Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes, Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as deemed Members of the Commission;
- to reduce the term of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission and the State Commissions from five to three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment;
- to provide that a person who has been a Judge of a High Court is also made eligible to be appointed as Chairperson of the State Commission in addition to the person who has been the Chief Justice of the High Court; and,
- to confer upon State Commissions, the functions relating to human rights being discharged by the Union territories, other than the Union territory of Delhi, which will be dealt with by the Commission.
Prime Minister's Office
Ms. Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister of Australia calls on PM
Ms. Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister of Australia calls on PM
Ms. Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister of Australia called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
Prime Minister Modi warmly recalled the successful visit of Prime Minister Turnbull to India in April 2017, and said that the bilateral relationship has deepened a lot since his own visit to Australia in 2014.
Ms. Bishop briefed the Prime Minister on the progress in bilateral relations since the visit of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to India in April 2017.
The Prime Minister and Ms. Bishop also discussed regional and global issues of mutual interest.
Prime Minister Modi welcomed Australia’s joining of the International Solar Alliance, and said that Australia’s membership will provide a great boost to the Alliance.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Revised GRAP to deal with adverse air quality scenario
• Dust from the C&D activities a major and consistent source of air pollution
• CAQM mandates all C&D projects in NCR to deploy adequate number of anti-smog guns
• Revised GRAP calls for use of anti-smog guns at C&D sites right from the Stage I
In a move to mitigate dust arising out of Construction and Demolition  activities sites and intensify actions to further ameliorate the overall air quality of the National Capital Region , the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas  has mandated all C&D projects in the NCR to deploy adequate numbers of anti-smog guns, in proportion to the total area of construction for the project. The State Pollution Control Boards  of NCR and Delhi Pollution Control Committee  have also been directed to ensure continuous and effective use of the anti-smog guns installed at different C&D sited in their respective districts.
As per the recent Statutory Direction of the Commission, all C&D sites must deploy adequate numbers of anti-smog guns, as per following yardstick based on construction area:
- At least 1 for a total construction area between 5000 – 10,000 sqm.
- At least 2 for a total construction area between 10,001 – 15,000 sqm.
- At least 3 for a total construction area between 15,001 – 20,000 sqm.
- At least 4 for a total construction area above 20,000 sqm.
Dust from the C&D activities is a major and consistent source of air pollution and contributes adversely to the spike in PM2.5 and PM10 levels in the NCR. Use of treated water to mitigate large quantities of dust generated at C&D sites through use of anti-smog guns, sprinklers etc. with prescribed wet suppression, wind brokers, dust barrier screens, covering of construction material and C&D debris, proper disposal of C&D wastes including transportation in covered vehicles etc. are some of the steps that are essentially to be followed by C&D projects in the NCR.
The comprehensive Policy to Curb Air Pollution in the NCR formulated by the Commission in July, 2022, towards management of C&D activities to reduce dust, also stipulated deployment of adequate number of anti-smog guns in C&D project sites. Apart from that, the revised Graded Response Action Plan  to deal with adverse air quality scenario that generally prevails in the winter season in the entire NCR, also calls for enforcing guidelines for use of anti-smog guns at construction sites.